All End of Life Care articles
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ReviewsBorrowed stories: Why TV, films and books can provide spiritual care to cancer patients
Completed after his death and drawn from his PhD thesis, Ewan Bowlby’s Borrowed Stories explores how the arts can help patients find meaning and hope in the face of cancer
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Opinion9 ways to honour your aging parents
The fifth commandment to ‘honour your father and mother’ takes on new meaning when parents become frail and dependent. Christopher Ash suggests nine ways you can care for them with grace
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OpinionAssisted suicide would have told my friend his life was over. We told him it still mattered
Reflecting on his final months with a terminally ill friend, Jamie Gillies warns that the passing of the Assisted Dying Bill would have dire consequences for society’s most vulnerable
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News AnalysisThe pro-life movement lost the votes on abortion and assisted suicide. What went wrong?
After the House of Commons voted to decriminalise abortion and legalise assisted dying in the same week, campaigners are warning that decisions on life and death issues are being taken without proper scrutiny
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OpinionTim Farron: The assisted suicide debate is getting more fractious but MPs must safeguard the vulnerable
A proper debate about the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) bill is not hampered by religious belief, says Tim Farron MP. It’s about fully understanding what is at stake when we stop safeguarding life - especially for those who are most vulnerable
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Opinion7 reasons why the assisted suicide plans should be rejected
The full text of the End of Life Bill tabled by Kim Leadbeater MP, has been published. With less than three weeks before politicians vote on it, James Mildred explains why it is imprecise, dangerous and should not be passed into law
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OpinionPray for Indi Gregory, that she may be given the chance of life
A culture of death has taken over our judicial system and NHS, says Andrea Williams. Parents must be free to get their children the medical help they need
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OpinionAll life is sacred. The NHS is wrong to withdraw life support against the wishes of parents
Withdrawing medical treatment against the wishes of patients and families, is a sign that society does not value all lives equally, says Tim Dieppe. Human life is sacred and Christians must fight to protect it
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ReviewsAllelujah may be heartwarming. But it’s also a missed opportunity
Heidi Thomas’ latest project asks important questions about how we care for and value older people. But jokes about bedpans risk undermining the dignity the film seeks to bring to old age, warns Andrew Wileman
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OpinionScotland’s leaders made a terrible mistake this week – assisted suicide is a slippery slope
Christians must stand against the prescription of poison to people who are suffering, says Jamie Gillies
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Real Life‘Archie’s faith inspired mine, I won’t give up fighting for his life’
After a tragic accident left him in a coma, Hollie Dance is convinced her son just needs more time to heal and is adamant that she’ll fight to her last breath to give it to him. She reveals how his wish to be baptised was fulfilled in hospital and how their faith is sustaining them through this tragedy
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OpinionPeople are being scared into supporting assisted suicide. Christians must tell a different story
Access to good palliative care for everyone is what Christians should be campaigning for, says this doctor
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OpinionThe Bible doesn’t condemn assisted dying. But changing the law would still be wrong
Christians need compassion when debating assisted dying. But legalising it sets us on a slippery slope, says Chris Goswami
